Edward H. Ripley

Edward Hastings Ripley (11 November 1839-14 September 1915) was a Brigadier-General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Edward Hastings Ripley was born in Rutland, Vermont in 1839, and he enlisted in the US Army as a private in 1862 after dropping out of Union College to serve in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of Captain in the 9th Vermont Infantry and became a Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1863 and a colonel a week later. In August 1864, he was brevetted a Brigadier-General and given command of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James. He was wounded twice during the Overland Campaign, and he was later assigned to lead the Union army into Richmond after the Confederates abandoned the city in April 1865, extinguishing the fires, preventing looting, and maintaining order. He was mustered out of the service in June 1865, and he returned to Vermont and operated a marble company. He also built the Holland House Hotel in New York City, became a bank president, operated a successful horse breeding farm, and served in the State House from 1886 to 1887 as a Republican. He died in 1915.